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Pros

After more than a decade of boring rectangular cable modems, finally a major manufacturer steps up with a visually appealing option. It also has the advantage of not being an ugly plastic box with constantly blinking lights. The tower shape covered in...  Read More

The motorola b12 cable modem is compatible with spectrum and other major cable systems. It pairs seamlessly with my netgear router, ensuring smooth streaming experiences. There's even a realtime spectrum analyzer. Compatible with rcn, and i had no tro...  Read More

It runs much cooler than my old modem, but it still does dissipate a minimal amount of heat. It ups my speeds by a noticeable margin and when i need to reboot it's much snappier.

Some of the advanced features include, docsis 3. I appreciate that this modem allows me the ability, via docsis 3. A maximum of 2.

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Quality


This is a very quality product that allows you to set everything up within minutes.


My particular unit is stable with strong signal, and integrated with my cisco wired router and my netgear wireless router without issues.


I had been constantly experiencing frustrating issues with my old modem, performance degradation, latency, speed variations, dr...  Read More


The mb8611 was a great modem for a couple months and then all of sudden i started experiencing dhcp sync issues on my modem.

Price


I got this modem to stop paying rental fees to my internet company, and it has proven to be a great cost-saving measure.


But at the current sale price, just under $100, it’s an outstanding value, certainly an option worth considering.


At around $200, it’s a solid value.

Shipping


This design should have been brought to the market much sooner.

Packaging/appearance


Wish this was a square box that i could put in my equipment rack, instead of something that is trying hard to look like a wish alexa.

Competitiveness


This motorola b12 cable modem is compatible with spectrum and other major cable systems, including cox and xfinity/comcast.


The motorola b12 is a step toward higher internet connection speed.


Not wanting to pay the modem rental fee with xfinity, i tried several different modems, all with unsatisfactory results and performance.


0 that supported up to 800mbs) with older model now up to 930mbs with this new one.

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  • Previous analysis of this listing was an D grade.
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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 25.9% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 38 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 1 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I 34know34 that there are a lot of endpoints involved in the chain of internet connectivity but somehow only just realized that my legacy 100 mbps cable modem was a bottleneck


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I cycled through both the mb8600 and mb8611 before realizing that the throughput and updated features of the b12 would be a game changer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I got this as i already owned a very nice router and didnt want a combo unit from my new service provider


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Not wanting to pay the modem rental fee with xfinity i tried several different modems all with unsatisfactory results and performance


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Purchased this modem to replace a motorola mb8611 in order to take advantage of my locations internet service upgrade to the 3410g34 network midhigh split


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I typically receive around 22002300mbps wired and 1500mbps wireless on my current network with wifi 7 and 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However the upload speed does not exceed the typical 40mbps as only specific modems approved by xfinity can achieve higher upload speeds


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Other modems do provide the ability to use the 34up to34 200mbps changes but this one does not

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